Da Vinci's Disappearance Walkthrough

April 8, 2011

by VampireHorde2

ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD

THE DA VINCI DISAPPEARANCE FAQ/WALKTHROUGH

Authored by VampireHorde

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Hey, what it do party peoples! You clicked here for one reason - to see if the new DLC called "The Da Vinci Disappearance" is worth the Ten florins spent and the answer is? YES. Apparently, the History books have neglected to mention this part of Leonardo Da Vinci's biography where he gets kidnapped and then has to be rescued by Ezio (but not before doing some "Da Vinci Code" deciphering).

Read on below to find out how to get 100% Synch on all eight missions!

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+++ MISSION 1: A ROLL OF THE DICE +++

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Enter into La Volpe's tavern and look for Salai inside to trigger a cutscene.

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--OBJECTIVE: DEFEND SALAI
There are two ways to complete this ten-man battle:

#1 - THE HARD WAY
Just like any other battle you've done up to this point, simply use Kill Streaks on all the "robed disciples" to kill them all quickly. If you aren't familiar with Kill Streaks by now, then how did you get this far?

#2 - THE EASY WAY
Since there are ten enemies, use an Arrow Storm to kill all the robed disciples in one go. By doing this, you'll unlock the "Airstrike" Trophy/Achievement!

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Once the battle is over, call your horse and ride towards the docks (it's just a half-mile down the road). Be mindful that as you ride down the path, more robed disciples on horseback may come after you. Take a stand and take them down! Once that's done, cross the river to the Antico District and make your way towards the Il Centro checkpoint to meet with Salai (eliminate all other disciples that come after you if you want).

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--OBJECTIVE: FOLLOW SALAI TO DA VINCI'S HOUSE
This one is simple as can be - just follow after Salai as you traverse the streets and rooftops.

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Make it to Da Vinci's pad to complete the mission.

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+++ MISSION 2: THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY +++

This sneaking mission is fairly easy, just as long as you don't get accidentally kill somebody. Simply use the visual clues that the camera gives you to sneak around the outer mansion until you reach Lucrezia's door in the garden.

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After the cutscene, you'll have two minutes to escape the mansion, so hightail outta there! Keep running and avoid getting into any combat situations and just RUN, RUN, RUN!

Use the open doorways as clues for where to go next until you make it outside. Climb and jump your way to the next window (use the scaffoldings in the middle of the courtyard) and keep looking for the exit.

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Climb up to the top and use the Eagle Dive to complete the mission!

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+++ MISSION 3: MEMENTO MORI +++

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This mission isn't as difficult as it seems for 100% Synch, but you'll need to use your quick sense of navigation on the streets when following the two targets. As you follow them, Blend with the crowds (the ones that stand around) to keep from being detected. If the targets go one way that has guards blocking the way, go the OTHER way or go around the building.

You'll occasionally run into those robed disciples, so quickly kill them (or look for more crowds to Blend with) and keep following the targets to their target location.

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After the cutscene, give chase to the fleeing disciple and assassinate him as fast as you can. Once he's dead, escape the area towards the river and swim away to complete the mission.

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+++ MISSION 4: BON VOYAGE +++

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As you traverse the streets, you'll have to watch out for those robed guys. They aren't marked on the map, but they are easy to spot. Go around them when you see them and make it towards the docks to meet with a familiar face.

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--OBJECTIVE: BEAT UP DUCCIO
In case you forgot, Duccio was Claudia's boyfriend in AC2 that Ezio had to beat up. He makes a surprise cameo as the same douchebag with even more attitude.

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As you beat up on Duccio a few times, he'll run around the area and then hire more lackeys to fight you. Just follow Duccio around the area and keep pounding those combos on him until he loses all his health to complete this section.

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--OBJECTIVE: INFILTRATE THE SHIP
This one is easy. Jump into the river and swim towards the galleon and climb up but DO NOT climb aboard! Stay hidden and rotate the camera to get a full view of the robed disciples walking around.

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Call an Arrow Storm to kill off most of the robed guys and then quickly jump in and grab that painting in the middle of the ship to complete the mission. As long as you kill off the majority of the disciples on the ship near the painting, you won't get detected and you'll get 100% Synch.

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+++ MISSION 5: LAST MINUTE INVITE +++

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The absolute fastest way to meet up with the Courtesans near the Castello is to NOT take the streets or rooftops. Instead, head north towards the river and commandeer a gondola. When you look at the map, the Courtesan targets are located near the river to east of the Vaticano Bridge. Take the gondola and take the short boat ride over there.

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From there, meet up with the Courtesans for the next objective.

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--OBJECTIVE: STEAL THE INVITATION
This one is a bit tricky because the invitation is inside a chest that is guarded by two Brutes. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT enter the Restricted Area! To successfully retrieve it, you'll need to do some wetwork from above instead. The two guards that you need to be concerned about are the rooftop guards above the Brutes.

Rather than approach the chest from the inside, go around the Restricted Area towards the mark on the GPS to find the chest behind the wall with the two Brutes. Here's the problem: If you assassinate the Brutes in any way, you get Desynched. To open the chest, you'll need to have them distracted (more on that in the section below).

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There are two guards on the roof above the Brutes, so carefully climb up to the roofs and shoot one guard with the Crossbow (do it quickly before he detects you). Look towards the adjacent rooftop and shoot another Crossbow shot towards the other guard to clear them out. Make sure that you shoot them when they are in the center of the roof! If you shoot them as they stand near the ledges, their dead bodies will slide to the ground and cause you to lose 100% Synch and you don't want that!

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With the rooftops cleared, STAY on the rooftop. Look to the area in front of the two Brutes to see a group of Courtesans. Get near the ledge towards the Courtesans so that one of them gets highlighted. Target them and HIRE them (yes, you can Hire them from up there) and then lead them towards the Brutes. Highlight a Brute and have them Distract. From there, carefully climb down and open that chest to trigger a cutscene.

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--OBJECTIVE: TACKLE THE BORGIA MESSENGER
As you chase the Messenger, Borgia guards and robed disciples will chase after you. AVOID getting in their way and run around them. Quickly tackle the Messenger and then escape the area to complete the mission!

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+++ MISSION 6: THE EZIO AUDITORE AFFAIR +++

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--IDENTIFY AND MARK THE DA VINCI PAINTINGS
To get 100% Synch, you'll need to avoid using the Crossbow, Pistol, or Throwing Knives. Easy to do, right?

For this mission, you have to find and mark TWO Da Vinci paintings. The first one is located to the north of the Castello entrance. Since Ezio has an invitation, the guards won't bother him. Approach the green area to find a large group of people gathered around the paintings. If you approach the paintings, the guards get alerted and start pushing you around, so avoid getting close to them.

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There are two sections with displayed paintings and ONE of them is Da Vinci's (it's the painting with the old man). Use Eagle Vision to find it. Now in order to mark it, Ezio needs to approach the painting and Interact with it. It takes about 3-4 seconds to mark the painting (similar to when you open a chest) and doing so will cause the guard to get alerted.

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In order to take attention away from you, approach the guard nearest to Da Vinci's painting and use a Poison kill on him from behind and then quickly walk away to avoid detection. As the crowd and other guards go to inspect the Poisoned guard, quickly Interact with the painting to mark it!

After that's done, you'll need to find the second painting inside the Castello. Approach the two front doors and Blend with the crowd. Work your way to the corridor and climb your way to the top while killing anybody in the way (in case you forgot, this is the same route you took when rescuing Caterina Sforza).

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Make your way towards the Castello library. Approach and assassinate the lone guard to clear the area but DO NOT mark the painting yet! Take the guard's body and place it in the far corner (you'll see why in a minute). Now use Eagle Vision to find Da Vinci's second painting and then mark it.

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--OBJECTIVE: ESCAPE THE CASTELLO
From here, you'll need to escape the Castello without being detected. When taking the route back down, two guards will walk towards the library. Quickly go back into the library and stand in the nearby corner. The guards will walk into the library to inspect the dead body, so wait patiently for both to walk in and then quietly walk out. Take the same route back to the front entrance.

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Make a right turn at the front exit and climb the scaffolding to the top and jump out of the Castello area to complete the mission!

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+++ MISSION 7: DECODING DA VINCI +++

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--OBJECTIVE: IDENTIFY THE MARKS IN THE PAINTINGS
There are five paintings and each painting has numerous clues to find. Using the Eagle Vision identifier, you need to spot marks on the paintings. Each painting will have 2-3 clues each. When you find a mark, Identify it. Do it for all five paintings.

See the screenshots below to see where the marks are located for each painting.

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After identifying the clues, you have to piece together the map using the eleven pieces (out of sixteen) to complete the mission. Use the screenshot below to see what the completed map looks like.

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Once you piece the map together, the mission is complete.

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+++ MISSION 8: THE TEMPLE OF PYTHAGORAS +++

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OBJECTIVE: FIND AND SAVE LEONARDO
Traverse the catacombs and then use the Eagle Dive to the area below. Run up to the large pillars and jump towards it. From there, jump UP higher to grab the upper ledge and then climb up. Use the visual camera clues to navigate around the area and find the exit to trigger a battle.

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To get 100% Synch, you cannot take any damage, so when the robed disciples come after you, use Streak Kills on all of them. After killing a bunch of them, Massimo will create a wall to climb. Climb up the wall and assassinate Massimo to complete the first half of this mission.

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--OBJECTIVE: FIND THE FINAL ROOM
From here, Leonardo will guide you towards THREE puzzles. All three are fairly easy to solve, so do it! You don't need me to spoil it, but the screenshots below will give you a few clues. Just be careful NOT to jump down from high ledges or you will lose health and spoil your chance for 100% Synch.

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MISSION COMPLETE.
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+++ ACHIEVEMENTS/TROPHIES +++

There are TEN new Achievements/Trophies in Da Vinci Disappearance and nine of the ten are easy to unlock. Read on below to see how to nab each one!

***NOTE: These Achievements/Trophies cannot be unlocked during a Memory Replay!

.STRONG-ARM
To unlock this one, you'll need to throw three weapons at a guard: a Spear, a heavy Weapon (like the Bearded Axe), and a Smoke Bomb from 10m. In order for this to work, you need to Lock-On to a guard and then press and Hold the Attack button and then release to throw the weapon. If you don't Lock-on, it won't work! The best guards to use these on are the groups of guards that are located throughout the city that stand near the entranceways (you can't miss 'em).

For the Smoke Bomb, simply look for a group of guards, Lock-on, and then toss a Smoke Bomb from mid-distance. For the Spear, just take one from those Spear guards and then Lock-on and throw it at a guard. For the Heavy Weapon, you can go to the Blacksmith and buy one (or go to your Hideout and take it there if you have it already). Equip the Heavy Weapon first, unsheathe it, and then approach any guard from mid-distance and throw it at him.

As usual, killing the guards will alert their friends, so finish them off to unlock this Achievement/Trophy! If nothing happens with the Achievement/Trophy, then keep doing the task until it does pop-up!

.HIGH ROLLER
This one is pretty simple, you just need to win 10,000 florins playing Hazard. Head over to the Thieves Guild and speak to the thieves inside to play a game of Dice (the one you saw Salai playing earlier). By this point in the game, you should have tons of cash in your pocket so use it! Place a MAX WAGER and then roll the Dice until you win.

The more Max Wager bets you place (and win), you'll easily unlock this Achievement/Trophy in no time.

.IL PRINCIPE
For this one, you need to get 100% Synch in both the Da Vinci missions and AC: Brotherhood. By this point, you should've already completed everything with 100% Synch. If not, then you got a LOT of work to do!

.AIRSTRIKE
This Achievement/Trophy is the easiest one to unlock. At the beginning of the first Da Vinci mission, Ezio and Salai will be ambushed by TEN robed disciples. Use an Arrow Storm on all of them to get the Achievement/Trophy!

.CLOWNING AROUND
To unlock this Achievement/Trophy, you'll need to find FIVE Harlequins located throughout the city and beat them up with your fists. This one is the toughest to unlock simply because the Harlequins don't exactly spawn right away in these five locations.

Look at the map below to find the locations of all five Harlequins.

#1 - Next to an empty house in Campagna

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#2 - Under the bridge near the Tiber Island Hideout

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#3 - On a set of stairs near the water to the west of Rosa In Fiore

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#4 - On a set of stairs near the water to the east of the Vaticano Bridge

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#5 - On a set of stairs near the water within the Palazzo Senatorio area (where you met with Copernicus)

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When you approach these locations, you will see a nicely dressed Harlequin doing a handstand. When you approach him, he gets defensive and starts a fight with you. Simply use a Counter attack on him (don't equip any weapons!!!) to beat him down. The problem with this is that the Harlequins don't spawn at these locations right away. And before you ask, it is NOT a glitch!

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To make them appear, walk away from the area and cause some trouble to raise your Notoriety level (make sure you aren't wearing the Borgia or Auditore Cape). After a few minutes of that, check back and the Harlequin SHOULD spawn in the marked location. If not, then keep causing trouble and checking back until he finally does.

You'll probably have to do it for all five locations, but don't give up! Beat up all five Harlequins with your fists to unlock this Achievement/Trophy! WHEW-WEE!!!

.SPECIAL DELIVERY
To unlock this Achievement/Trophy, you'll need to do a double Assassination from a parachute jump. The best place to do this is from the top of Castello Sant Angelo. But before you climb up there, you need to know where to find two guards that aren't moving. A-ha, I got your solution!

Just near the Castello entrance (and outside the Vaticano District entrance) are FOUR Papal guards dressed in black. These four guys are ALWAYS found standing in the corner chatting with each other (you should know who they are by now). These are the guards you'll assassinate, so mark it on the GPS map.

Now climb to the top of the Castello and then jump and unleash a parachute. Fly towards those four Papal guards and then use the Assassinate button to nab two of them. Make sure that you are close enough so that Ezio can target them from above! After assassinating two of the Papal guards, use a Smoke Bomb and kill the other two (or run away) to unlock this Achievement/Trophy!

.GRAND THEFT DRESSAGE
To unlock this Achievement/Trophy, you need to hijack FIVE horseback guards while on horseback without falling off. To do this one, call on your horse and ride on over to the Colosseo area. Guards on horseback patrol that area constantly, so it's a perfect place to pull this one off. But rather than Hijack, it's better to assassinate the guards on their horses because if you try to Hijack them, Ezio will most likely jump but fall to the ground, so avoid it!

Instead, gallop towards a guard on horseback and then when you get close, press the Assassinate button and Ezio will jump over and kill the guard and steal his horse. From there, STAY on the horse and repeat the strategy on four more guards (just be sure you gallop away from the other guards on foot that chase after you). Simple!

.GOING UP
To unlock this Achievement/Trophy, you have to kill a guard (or group of them) by using the Rails found throughout the city. A good place to do this is the Rosa In Fiore. Head on over there and you'll see a bunch of guards patrolling the streets. The Rail is located to the left of the Rosa in Fiore building, so grab the attention of those guards and lead them towards the Rail.

When they get close to the Rail, un-target them and then use the Rail to fly up to the roof above. If done correctly, one of the guards will die instantly (one of the yellow arrows disappear). Jump back down and finish off the rest of those guards to unlock the Achievement/Trophy!

.EASY COME, EASY GO
To unlock this Achievement/Trophy, you'll need to equip the Plain Cape. Cause some trouble with the guards and kill a bunch of them until you see on the Herald icon on the GPS map. Simply walk up to a Herald and BRIBE him. After bribing him, immediately pickpocket him and walk away. EASY!